The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1897, Page 5

THE THE TOURREY A | ( THING OF THE PAST Events Presented Yester- day Were All of a Mili- tary Character. The Section Contest and the Drivers’ Race Were Most Exciting and Interesting. In the Broadsword Melee Two of the Troopers Had Their Heads Cut. Baseball to B: Played To-Day. The great military tournament, the first of the kind has come to sands besides pated in it who pleasure. The men who engaged in the several evel three in number, did so in all ear! 1d there was not a man who came to the scratch who did not think if he did not come in ahead least be second on the list. In their work they were encouraged to the utmost by the officers of the department, who were detailed in various capacities to carry on the many events. Of the many officers who were on the field director-general of the games, Captain Alexander Rodgers, 1, and there are thou- will remember it with ne: Fourth Cavalry, is deservinz of special | mention for the executive ability he dis- played; aiso First Lieutenant Leon . Koudiez, quartermaster First Infantry, who as secretary and treasurer of the de- | partment games committee was in greater demand on all sides than any other officer at post. To his excclient judgment is due much of the success of the tourna- ment. There was an increased attendance yes- terday nd the duy was aimost perfect. Toe iug-of-war, mounted, which was the was not without its at- There were teams from | and the cavalry. The sted of one capiain and five | The limiting lines were ten team 1 facing the rses standing | om croup to the competitors was per- | ch hold of his saddle or his horse. The first heat was Batiery F of the Presidio, | d by Troop B of the P e time in each instance was five and it wos a remarkabie fact that teams that won were those headed | he stab 880 yards so-as-you-please race in order had six eutries, but ir came to the scratch. Packett of v was suifering from tue injury d he was not in condi- | came in a good second. ompanv H, of San Diego, , Dougher:y of Company B, »ne o Ty five entri Robertson, Troop of , but oniy 1wo B, Presdio, “roop I, who, t of the hospital, o make a con: i horse, that yle, and he aches. Hart 16 inches. = retiring sharp- nd ir pieces, fifty | distant, with bolts taken out and On reaching that pomnt the men , assembled bo ts, inserted them d retired to scratch, halt- vards and firing one shot to one position, the scratch. Puckett won this of Company D, B:nicia, , Tan was another obstacle race be- D a team of men from A Company of 0 and one from D Company of bis was the same as the race tun the previous day, more exciting. ¥ A, in 20 seconds. rom, who ran this race Heniix was wa ever held on the Pacific Coast, | iose who actually partici- | he would at | The winner was | contestants, all cavalrymen, stood at scratch dismounted, each hoiding an egg in a table spoon; at a signal they mounted and rode to flax No. 2 und depostted the egg and spoon in a busket, a condition being that the egg devosited shouid be unbroken. Then each man dismounted, took a cigar and twelve matches, mounted and while mounted lit the cigar and rode to flag No. 3. The conditions were that these men should dismount and deposit the cigar lighte® in a basket. Then each man took a closed umbrella, opened it, mounted, rode to flag No. 4, closed the umbrelia and deposited it in a box. Then each man took a glass, tilled 1t from a bucke: of water, mounted and returned to flag No. 1, near the scratch. The con- dition was that the glass should be at lesst half fuil of water on reaching the flag. Fernandez of Troop K performed all the feats well, but lost considerable time in lighting 'his cigar. Millner of Troop B was doing very well, and it seemed as if he would win, when sud- denly aiter raising Lis umbyelia, his sad- dle turned and he was thrown to the ground. He however picked himself up and continued on. Then Stahle did some £00d Work, but the suad.n stopping of his horse caused the egg to fall, and that | counted against him. The winner was Fernandez in 3:41; the distance traveled 440 vards, The drivers’ contest, light artillery, was another exciting event. There were foul- horse teams hitched to pieces. They were driven between tweive posts set on the | corner of three small squares, the diago- | nals of which were ten feet long. The | centers of the squares were located fiity | yards apart on the same line, one diago- nal of each square coinciding with that line. The contestants stood with the ! heads of the lead team one yard from the | | southeasterly side of the center square, | | facing in a northwesteily direction. At | the signal the driver started, passed | through the center e in a north- westerly direction, wheeled to right and passed through the northern squarein a | northeasterly direction, making a circle to | | the left, passiug back through the nerth- |ern square in a southeasterly direc- | tion, wheeling to the right, passing through the outer square in a southwest- erly direction, wheelin- to tne leit, and passing through the Southern square in a southeasterly direction, making u cir- cle to the right and passing back through the southern square in a northwesteriy | direction. The sccomplishment of these maneuvers required & great deal of skill in the handling of the teams. Posts that were knocked down had to be set up im- mediately after the piece passed and five seconds was added for each post knocked down. The driverof team of Baitery F did very fine work, but turning too short | knocked down two posts in one square and | one in another. The other team was win- ning glory and plaudits and was about to enter the last square when the off-pole | horse slipped and fell and threw his rider. Despite this accident the team was rushed through. Battery C was the winner in The fifty-eighth event was another re cue-race for cavalry. This was a team of two men from each company, who were to rescue comrades whose horses had becn killed. No. 1 of each team stood mounted | at scratch, armed with a revolver in | holder with the flap buttoned and five | blank cartridges in his belt. No. 2 crouched behind his thrown horse, a hun- dred yards distant. He was with carvine in hand with five biank cartridges zezine. At the al No.ldrew his revolver, loaded it, then raced 1o No. 2 emptying his revoiver as he went aio { In the meantime No. 2 fired his five shots, | | the conditions being that none should be d except when the horse was down. After firing the fifth shot he abandonea his horse, mounted behind No. 1 and rode | | back to scratch, each man bringing his | arms with him. This was a pretty event | |apd well executed. The thres ~horses | | that were thrown remained down while | fired over, and after they were abandoned | their riders were rescued. Two of the | “dead” horses rose before their riders were c: ied 10 s ten, but the third re- jmained down until his rider returned to [bim. Many thought the animal ‘reaily dead, but they soon discovered that be was only dead on to his business. he winners were the men of Troop K in 33 25 seconas. Then came a broadsword contest called | melee for teams from cavalry. The con- | testants stood in two lines ten teet apart | equipped with broadswords and masks. | The men eac wore a paper pompon on | | the top of his mask and it was cut and | | elash in th efforts to knock off the | | pompons. Dauring the melee nt | Davis had his sword, an _oak one, broken | off at the hilt and two men had their | scalps cut, but not seriously. Tne first heat was won by the team from Troop K { and the second by the t-am from Troop C. There wasa mounted skirmish contest for troopers. There were two entries. The men took track, 'rew their sabers and slashed right and lef: at stuffed heads on the groand, snd returning fired with revolvers at stuffed heads on posts, after | | which they threw their horses and fired | five shots while the horses were down. between a team > and one from Light he Presidio, attracted Each section consisted of oral, guuner, four | cannoneers. There teams. The<e were on s 100 leet from the firing s on the poles of the | is in the rear of the | the men har- | vanced | ¥"' on the ot. Then the men el with a spare wheel, the rear, limbered up made a counter- with neads of each at the picket The | reaching that line was the had complied with all the . Fhis was full of action and was one of the most exciting of the entire tournament. The men were on their met- tiein the matter of hitching up and mak- ing a change of wheels. Batterv F lost the con becanse of some trouble with | the traces of the caisson team. Battery C | won in 5:40, Battery F scoring in 6:08, The winners were enthusiastically cheered by = d civihans, | followed the semi-final of the ted tug-ol-war, which was won by Battery B's team in Then the ten-foot wa close attention. a chief driver were | the gr. line, a piece e shot toar and picces m team « first t winne condii it s l-scaling over the . the same &s at previous sts minus the firing at an imaginary |" enemy. The first heat was won by m. pany D of Benicia in 19 1-5 seconds, and the ‘second by Company A in 19 2-5 sec- onds. The next contest was one that required a great deal of steadiness and nerve. The C | Din Fernandez won in 1 , and Merry of | Troop 1 recorded in 3:: The tourna- | ment closed with the finais in the relay race. The winners were the team from | attery E in 2:06, and that from Bautery | 2y there will bea game of baseball tween a picked nine of the men at the Presidio, and one picked from the wen of other posts. The grand-stand prices wiil | be reduced, and the proceeds devoted to the vurchase of uniforms for the winning team. DEATH WAS NEAR HIM, A Falling Pane of Glass Narrowly Es- capes Striking a City Hall Ele- vator Operator. One of the men who operates an elevator at the new City Hall had a narrow escape | from death yesterday and in a most pecutiar manner. The workmen who are | enazed on the roof were making some alterations in the skylight just above the elevator near the Larkin street win | when & uuge pane of glass a quarter »i an inch thick fell down the elevator shaft. The elevator man was standing in the | loorway of his caze at the second floor | when he heard a crash and a big piece of glass came down through the narrow space between the cage and the wall nar- ly missing his bead and dashing to eces on the floor of the well. Had it struck him it would doubtless have mflicted a fats] wound as the frag- ment weighed several pounds and had <harp edges where it had been fractured before reaching the cage. | range of -ixty-one notes, | the past thres times. A NEW ORGAN FOR TRAITY CHUACH The Ladies Start a F‘und With a $4600 Sub- scription. Many Revisions Made in the Specifications by Organist Stewart. Its Conmstruction Electro.Pneumatic Throughout—The Id:a That of G:nera' Houghton. Trinity Episcopal Church is to havea new organ, one whose appearance and musical capacity will form only another atiraction to one of ite most beautiful sa- cred edifices in San Francisco. The iden was first suggested by General James F. Houghton, and occurred to him while on a recent tolir of the East. He had a plan of the church loft prepared and sent to him, and it was submitied to one of the leading organ manufacturing firms of the country, located in Boston. Specifications for three organs have been sent on to the church, and one bas been selected as the organ for which a contract is soon to be made. The specifications were revised by Organist H. J. Stewart. Last Wednesday the ladies of the church held a meeting to consider the proposition. It resulied in the sum of $4600 which remained from the sale of the old Trinity Home being subscribed to the undertaking. A committee to take the necessary steps 1o raise the remainder, ssveral thousand dollars, was uppointed by the pastor, Rev. Dr. G. E. Walk, in the persons of General Hougnion (chair- man), Mrs. Montecomery Godley, Mrs. William H. Tayior, Major William B. Hooper and Colonel Middleton of the medical department of the United States army. The specifications, revised by Organ- ist Stewart, provide at there shail be thiree manuals and a pecal of two octaves | and two notes. The compass of the organ is to be from upper C to A, making a | The compass of the pedal will be from upper F to D, making a range of thirty notes. Tae keyvoard will be located in the choir arch, end the organist will sit facing the coneregation. This idea belongs ex- clusively to Mr. Stewart. Both the choir arc filled with appropriate casework, built from ary of the native hardwoods, sup- porting ~groups of pipes tastefully ar- ranged and decorated in gold and colors or treated In bronzes, as may be pre- | ferred. and that toward the chancel will be | The great organ will contain 881 stops 2nd pives, the swell organ 906, the cho.r organ 427, the pedal organ 90. The organ will have mechanical registers, #nd is to be built entirely upon electro-pneumatic FRANCISCO CALL, vrinciples, applied to keys, pedals and | stops throughout. The whoie construc according to standard of organ-building. One peculiar innovation is that by elec- fric action entirelv a chime of tnirteen beils in the church tower will be operated entirely from the keyboard of the organ DERIS O'SULLIVAN SANG, The Sixth Concert of the San Francisco Symphony So- ciety. is to be They Rendered « Mos: Excellent Pro- gramme to a Crcwded House Y sterday The sixth and last concert of tne S8an Francisco Symphony Bociety under the old rule took place rday afternoon. And, as Mr. Platt said, in a short speecn, | “You can't have music witbout money. So, unless 600 of the subscriptions for the new es of concerts are signed, San Francisco wil! once more be without a symphony society. The first number on yesterday’s pro- gramme was Von Weber’s beautiful overture to “Oberon.” Always a lovely number, the exquisite rendition given it by the society made it doubly so. The evmphony by Ravinstein, No. 5 in G minor, was very well done indeed, the second movement being purticalarly brighi. This symphony was, by the way, the last one ever written by that wonder- ful com poser. Numuer three, Denis O'Sullivan’s solo, was, of course. the number most looked forward to. He sung first an aria from “Don Carlos.” by Verdi, and in reply to persistent applause prelude to Il Pagliacer.”” Itis hoped that the Symphony Society will continue to give these concerts, and indeed there seems to be no reason why they should not, for of iate they have e: joye! an immense popu arity with the music-lovers of the City. Yesterday's con- cert was crowded, and it . as been so for ! There was a gen- eral expression of regret at the possibility of theirdiscontinuance. — For Mothers and Teachers. There will be held a mothers’ and teachers’ meeting in the parlots of the First Unitarian Church this afternoon at3 o'clock. Interest- ing addresses on child study will be made and mothers’ clnsses arranged:ior under 'he lenger- ship of Mrs. E. G, Greene, president. Mrs, Louise Ma:iland, teicher at Staniord Univers sity, wiil address the meeting. This evening & bentam-weight championship battle between Jimmy Authony of Australis and Jimmy Barry of America will be de- cided in Woodward’s Pavilion. The littie *uns are in prime condition and will assuredly give good accounts of themselves. The betting inst Ward, whom Anthony failed to $10p in ten rounds in this City a few montas ago. But Authony has a firsi-class record, nevertheless, which he has reason to be proud of. He is slower than Barry, but of the two bantams An. favors Barry because of the stand he made thony is the harder puncher and may bring down his game in short order this evening. The colored pugilists, Print and Armstrong, are Bssvy-weightn The last apmed 18 said to be very glgver sad @ Promising canvidete for Chswplonship honors The card is s £90d one. | the highest FRIDAY. APRIL 23, 1897 NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. OTWITHSTANDIN HEEL BT EFETHTHTETITHR 252 D000CCOOOOCOOOK ALL THE FAKE SALES OF SHODDY PLUNDER Now Running Riot in San Francisco, — AT OUR—— @==" WE ARE DOING THE CLOTHING BUSINESS OF THIS (TTY « TEMPORARY (UARTERS, 222-204 Sutter St § § o - High Quality and Low Prices ig stores on Keamy street, corner Sutter, and take our present quarters so as to arriving by carloads from Eastern fashionable centers. we say. Hence the enormous trade which is daily surging sacrifice our fine are the connecting links between us and our big patronage. full well that we were compelled to leave The public knows Spring Clothing, which was They also know full well that when we say bargains we mean just what down upon us at our temporary quarters, iTHIS : WEEK ?Men's Regular $12.50 Suits will go at - - - $B Men’s Regular $13 50 Suits will go at - - - $7 Men’s Regular $16.50 Suits will go at - - - $9 Men’s Regular $15.00 Overcoats will go at - $8 Men’s Regular $4.00 Trousers will go at - - $] Child's Regular $4 Suits, 4 to14, will go at - $ Child’s Regular $6 Suits, 4 to 14, will go at - §3 Boys’ Regular $7 Suits, 13 to 19, will go at - $3 Boys’ regular $8.50Suits,13to19, will goat - $4,95 0 30 30 [ 33 93 43 q3 2, H3 8T LT BT ST OB 2] CITIZENS OF SAN FRAN [0 AND URROUMDING CCUNTIES ! This Plencmenal and Eona Fide Sale should not be missed, as A POSITIVE SAVING OF FROM 35 TO 50 PER CENT CAN SURELY BE EFFECTED. & o & o & L & & o o o S L L TE PORARY Q UARTERS: 222 AND 224 SUTTER STREET, Three Doors West of Kearny. MORE JIPS WD WANT EMPLOYMENT Came Here From British Columbia on the Uma- tilla. They Are Looking for Work in Scuthern California Orchards. The City of Puebla’s Quick Run o Cape Flattery—The Or ziba Delayed. The steamer Umatilla arrived from Puget Sound ports yesterday. Among the passengers were forty-eight Jaj anese, all of whom declare their intention of ga- ing to work in the orchards and vineyards of California. They are a miserable-look- ing crowd, and Dr. Blue, the United States Quarantine Officer, at once sent them to Angel Island. There they will be examined, and after their clothing is fumigated they will be allowed to land if each and all can produce $50 United States money apiece. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s Pomona and the little schooner Archie and Fontie had a hard time of it last Wednesday. The ateamer was docking at Mission-street wharf in order to put some shingles into the barkentine Irmgard, which was almost ready to sail for Hono- lulu. She ran into the Archie and Fontie and damsged her stern to such an extent. that had w’ movn‘to Pacific-street wharf yesterday for repairs. The !enoonar’flunn:.c tain F. Word- berg, will sail from Hunters Point at day- hight Sunday on a codfishing excurston. Bhe will be the lastof the season to go out. The sternwheel mer Alviso was de- layed, nearly an hour yesterday. Aiter| backing out from the ‘wharf the wheel locked and she drifted around for a long time before the engineer coutd ret matters straightened out. When she did get un- der way again the men in the engine-room made up for lost time, and she went up the bav at an eizht-knot clip. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s City of Puebla broke her own record on the up trip_between San Francisco and Flattery. The run was made in 43 hours and 48 minutes, or 15 minutes better than the record. could not be mantas the ti The speed into Victoria, B. C., d, as the »an out of heavy one. Should the Puebla keep up .er clip on the way down she will bear all previous records. The Harbor Commissioners held a short session yesieraay. President Colnon was not at the meeting, so Major Harney was in the chair. The Valley road and the China Basin came ur, and on the motion of Commissioner Cnadbourne the matter went over until next June. Mr. Chad- bourne is in favor of doing everything possible to assist the Vallev road. The branch Recciving Hospital is now an assured fact. Yesterday the Commis- sioners ordered Chiei Engineer Holmes to call for informal bids tor the coustruction of the building. The sailing of the steamer Orizaba for Mexican ports has been postponed until the 20th inst. HOME MISSIONS SUFFER. The New York Presbyterian Board Is Short of Funds—Local Work Must Be Curtalied. The Presbyterian Chinese and Japanese Mission work in this City, as well as in Portlana, is likely to be considerably re- stricted for lack of funds. The aews that the mission board in New York had decided that retrenchment must be made 1n ibe Pacific Coast work was an- nounced at tne monthly meeting of the ‘Woman's Occidental Board and was re- cewved with a good dealof regret. The New York board has decided to retrench on home mission work rather than on for- eign missions, as the foreign missionaries are already in the field, far from their country and frienas,-and the non-arrival of their salaries would mean actual want and destitution to them, The members of the Occidentnl Board state that cutting down the expense of the home mission work may entail some discomfort on the workers, but no actual want. Five thousand dollars is the sum which the New York board has decided must be retrenched on coast work. The local mis- sions which will be hampered are the Presbyterian Chinese Mission at 920 Sac- ramento street, Rev. Dr. Condits work 1 connection with the Chinese Presby!e- rian Church, on Stockton street. and Dr. Sturgis’ Japanese Mission on Haight street. e Must Pay the Damages. The Supreme Court has sustained the judg- ment of the Superior Court of San Francisco in the case of Nora Russell, a minor, by her guardian, against the Pacific Can Company. This company is engaged in making cans and other articies. Nora Russeil was one ot its employ he was severely injured by hot water and m from an exhaust-pipe. In the Superior Court she obtained damages for $2500, the award being made upon the ground of neglect on the part of the company to protect its employes. The COrporaiion ap- pealed from the judgment and from the order depying 8 new irial. The Suprcme Court fafied to find_where any error had been made by the lower court and refused to grant gp- pellant’s prayer. | CHARLEY FAIR HAS DEPARTED It Is Said That He Has Taken a Journey to Europe. His “Hal -Miliion Legacy From His Father Has Fallen Due. Left on Wednesday Last—G:orge A Knight Says He Will Be Back in a Few Days. Charley Fair has folded his tent and, like the Arab, has stolen silently away. There was no blare of trumpets when he _depnrted, and in fact it appears as though he did not care to have his destination be- come publicly known. Day before yesterday Charley Fair be- | eame 30 years of age, and enitied to the $500,000 left by his father to become his when he attained that age, and this seems to have given him the opportunity he de- sired, for on the 4 o’clock boat of that day he went across the bay, and is suppos to be now speeding his way eastward, possibly to Europe. Just what bearing his departure and ab- sence will have on the case now before the courts is a problam, but those in a posi- tion to know say that it will have none at all, and that the great strugglo over his father's millions can go on just as well without his presence. George A. Knight of Knight & Heggerty, bis attorneys, said last night that Mr. Fair had not left the City, but might in a few days. He stated that the $500,000 legacy had not been as yet turned over to the young man. dr. Heggerty, his.partner, said that Fair bad gone outof the City forafew days, but might return during the trial. Both were certain that his presence or absence would have no material bearing on the Fair case. ‘ At the California Hotel it was stated that Mr. Fair had left the Wednesday, but the management pro- fessed not to know where he had gone or when he would return. An intimate friend, who talked with him recently, imparted the information City on | that the younz millionaire had gone to Europe for an indefinite period. “Charley told me some rime ago,” he soid, ““that he was preparing for a trip abroad, and that he might be gone a long time. “His old troubles have come back on him to some extent, and t.e strain of tne lezal troubles that have been gathering have been too much for him. His legacy of $500,000, due when he became 30 years of age, worried him somewha:, but when he saw that it was within his grasp he prepared for the journey. “I do not know whether or not he actually received the money, but he was evidently satisfied that it was safe. It mayv be that he did not eare to be in the City or State while the Fair case' was on trial, but he made no mention of such a matter 1o me.”’ “THE MALEDICTION.” Entertainment to Be Given by the Gentlemen’s Sodality. On the evening of the 28th inst. the grand sacred drama entitled *The Male- diction” will be presented by the best amateurs in San Francisco at St. Igna- tius College Hall under the auspices and for the benefit of thé Gentlemen’s Sbdal- ity, connected with that institution. Tie feature of the play will be the su- perb costumes and magnificent stage set- tings. 1n the second act a Moorish palace scene will be displayed, while some of the costumes of the printipals represent a yalue of several hundred dollars. The cast for thedra includes F. P. Haynes, T. N. Hickey, %eorge A. Con- V. C. Tobin, Dr. F. B. Rooinson, % Porter, A. McKinnon and Gus Schiacher. A feature of the occasion will be the debut of a professional male quartet, which will sing meiodies composed for the occasion by a local composer. Neilly O'Sullivan will also appear. The seating capacity of the coliege hall is 2500, and still the demand for seats is so brisk that it is thought it will be necessary 1o give a second performance. —_———— all the Hindoo sentries salute any passing black cat, thinking it mav possibly be the soul of an English officer. 0Y’S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA TAKES away the surplus bile and leaves the liver in periect order. It ixa true iiver regulator, JOrS OY'S VELGETABLE SARSAPARILLA CAN be used by old or young. Take it moder- ately. Remember that moderation in every- hing tends to longevity,